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Should you have any employees who have applied to retire but would now like to defer their retirement, please email details to nhsbsa.stakeholderengagement@nhs.net. Please include ‘Deferred Retirement’ in the subject heading of the email. Our team…

As per the last pensions update explaining the removal of the paper AW171, we wanted to confirm the process for non-POL employers requesting changes to information. Instead of sending in the AW171, all non-POL employers will now need to submit the…

GPs in England who have an annual allowance charge for 2019/20 and wish to apply to the 2019/20 Pension Annual Allowance Charge Compensation Scheme (PAACCs) must submit their application form to be endorsed by Primary Care Support England (PCSE)…

In June, we advised you that the final phase of the system functionality to automate the AW171 process was complete and advised employers that AW171s are no longer required. Recently, we have seen an increase in the number of e-mails from employers…

We want to ensure that we have the most up to date contact for all employers. To support this, we ask that the main Pensions Online Administrator for each employer checks the contact details we hold are correct.   To do this, access Pensions Online…

A reminder that applications for reassessments of final pay control charges issued before 1 July 2021 closed in December 2021. All final pay control changes calculated on or after 1 July 2021 already take into account the revised Consumer Price…

Claimants in England now have until 30 September 2023 to submit claims for deaths that occurred before 31 March 2022, as a result of contracting coronavirus in the workplace. The deadline for claimants in Wales is 30 June 2023. Further information…

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is consulting on changes to the NHS Pension Scheme Regulations 2015 concerning uplifts to member contributions in 2023 to 2024, in line with the Agenda for Change pay deal. When DHSC introduced…

Following the nationally agreed pay award, which has been backdated to April 2024, the pay for any retirements from that date will need revising to ensure the pension is being paid at the correct level. For partial retirements, where pay cannot be…

Amendments will be made to Pensions Online (POL) to allow employers to submit AW8 retirement applications for members of the 2015 Scheme and members who have benefit entitlement in multiple schemes. This enhancement is currently anticipated to go…